Murder charges were filed on Monday against multiple members of the Southern California-based religious group called “His Way Spirit Led Assemblies,” which has been connected to multiple missing people in recent months.
A news release from the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office reported that the years-long investigation culminated in arrests last week, when authorities took several people connected to the “religious high-control group” into custody in Hemet and Colton, located in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, respectively.
“The arrests are tied to two open and ongoing investigations, one for the alleged murder of Emilio Ghanem, 40, who went missing in 2023,” the release said. “The second, for the alleged 2010 murder of 4-year-old Timothy Thomas.”…